Prologue

 Natasha's POV

   Things have been really weird lately been Bruce and I lately, not a bad weird though... at least I don't think it's a bad weird. It's definitely weird for me though. I find myself attracted to him, a lot. On top of that, I believe I have feelings of affection for him as well. I don't do well with feelings, I don't like feeling feelings whatsoever. I'm a monster, I'm a mess. I don't deserve love nor do I want to burden anyone else, especially Bruce, the only other person on the team that has more demons than I do, which says a lot because I have A LOT of demons I constantly battle with, both internal and external.  

  Bruce doesn't know much about my past in the red room, about all of the horrors I endured in order to become the successful assassin that I did. Everyone on the team doesn't call me an assassin, but the truth is, they don't know what to call me. I'm technically an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. yet I'm far more complicated and enhanced than the average agent if you catch my drift.

   Bruce is so innocent yet he's so conflicted. It's hard to believe that the Hulk is living inside a gentle man like him. Him and Hulk have started to except the other, but it's still difficult for Bruce to live with despite that. The Hulk is showing more signs of wanting to take over completely. Bruce is doing everything in his power to make sure that Bruce is equally as present as Hulk. I'm hoping that one day, Bruce will have a majority of the control over Hulk, having Hulk come out only during combat and other emergencies. Only time will tell...

Bruce's POV

 I've been developing feelings for Natasha and it scares the hell out of me. I'm a monster, not a human. I'm a ticking time bomb that could go off at any moment and kill innocent people, including my loved ones. That's why I vowed that I wouldn't fall in love with anyone after Betty, but guess what, I'm failing... Hulk's failing too. After Nat calmed him down in the woods, he began to feel affectionate towards her, craving her touch even more. 

 Love is dangerous for Hulk and I. In Hulk's mind, we're both competing for Nat's affection. Of course neither of us has the guts to directly tell her about our feelings for her. We both have a mutual agreement that it's best to keep our feelings to ourselves. After all, we're not normal... Nat can do so much better than us. 

Hoped that you guys liked this prologue! I wanted to write a short lead in into the fanfic itself. I was going to do this a couple of days ago, but I've been super stressed the past couple of days, therefore I wasn't in the state of mind to write it. Also, both versions of my book ACEilia have been published on Amazon as of yesterday. The links are down below in case you guys want to purchase them. <3 -Mary

Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/ACEilia-Mary-Whitney/dp/1980521743/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1521169160&sr=8-2&keywords=ACEilia&dpID=516M8KiR2VL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

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